112 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AA'POX, p\ A kind of tame singing bird, Anth. Pal. vii. 199. 



AEfOI, vide s.v. eXeios. 



AEYKEPGAIO'l (also XevKopabios). The Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodius, 

 L. Mod. Gk. KovXidpi (=Fr. caeiller). 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b to peyedos epcobtov eXaTTow, Kal e^et to pvy\os 

 nXarv kcu paKpov. 



The description of the bill easily identifies the bird in this passage 

 (Belon, Sundevall, &c), but the name would probably be likewise 

 applied to the other White Herons or Egrets. 



AIBYO'I. (MSS. have Xe(3ios, Kifiios, Krj&os, cf. Schn. in Arist. iv. p. 7). 

 An unknown bird: possibly to be compared with Ai@vk6s opvis, 

 Ar. Av. 65. 

 Arist. H. A. ix. I, 609 KcXeos Kal Xifivos noXepioi : cf. s. v. XcteSos. 



AO'KAAOX. An unknown bird. 



Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 509, mentioned with do~KdXa<])os as a bird having 

 colic coeca. Omitted in Cod. Venetus and others. Gesner supposes 

 the word to be Italian (?=a?uco, an Owl), and to have come in as 

 a marginal rendering of do-Kd"\a(f>os. Scaliger reads kwkciXos. 



AY'KOI. A sort of Jackdaw (Arist. H. A. ix. 24, 610 b); probably 

 a nickname of the common Jackdaw, cf. Pw^oXoxos. (Schn. and 

 Pice, read Xukios, which form occurs in Hesych. : Xvkios, koXoiov 

 ciSos). See also s.v. ictpicos. 



MAKEIl'KPANOX. A name for the Hoopoe. 



Hesych. paKeaUpavos. enoyjr' did to e\eLV eVt T/7? Ke(f)aXr]s Kaddnep 

 X6(f)ov, Kal KopvdaioXov ovtov Xiyovai. noXvcavvpov de Xeyerai to £<$ov' 

 aivTTjv re yap avTov Kal aXcKrpvova \aypiov, inser. Heinsius] Kal yeXaaov 

 Xeyovari. 



MAAAKOKPANEY'I. An unknown bird. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 22, 617 b del tn\ to avTo Kadi£dv(i, Kal dXio~K€Tai ivTavBa. 

 to de eibos Ke<paXf) pev peydXrj \ovdpoTV7ros, to 8e peyedos eXaTTcov kixXtjs 

 piKpw. o~Topa 8' (vpooo~Tov, piKpov, VTpoyyvXop' to de XP&pa o-irodoeidrjs 

 o\o$. evnovs de Kal KaKonTepos. aXlaKerai de pdXicrTa yXavKi [? aucupium 

 per noctuam]. 



Identified by Sundevall with the Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor, 

 L., in Mod. Gk. KecpaXds and deropdxos (Heldr.). Lindermayer (op. c. 

 p. 114) states that this bird is extremely common in Greece, and sings 

 all day long ' auf der aussersten Spitze eines Baumes oder Strauches 

 sitzend.' This identification is more plausible than the many others that 

 have been suggested, such as the Jay, the Bullfinch, and even the Snipe 



